"Gubbins" meaning in English

See Gubbins in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Gubbinses [plural]
Etymology: Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Gibbon. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Gubbins (plural Gubbinses)
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    Sense id: en-Gubbins-en-name-Xs1vzbdd Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Gubbins pl (plural only)
  1. (folklore) A half-savage race said to live in Devonshire, described by the pastoral poet William Browne, among others. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Folklore
    Sense id: en-Gubbins-en-noun-3EBH4n55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, literature, media, publishing, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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